Gumbo Mail

Gumbo Mail is Gumbo Software, Inc.'s rendition of the popular SendMail program, implemented on i5/OS. It is a software utility that allows you to send email with MIME attachments directly from your System i. With Gumbo Mail you can add timely, convenient and inexpensive email output to any application. Gumbo Mail integrates with i5/OS's built-in mail support to provide delivery to any email recipient. All processing is performed on the System i, providing a stable platform for generating email.

The main function of Gumbo Mail is accessed by running the Gumbo Send Mail (GSENDMAIL) command. The command creates a MIME compliant email message from the specified input and email address(es) and hands it off to i5/OS for delivery using i5/OS's built-in mail support. The command's features include:

• Control over the message headers including specification of:
  • From: address.
  • Multiple To:, Cc:, Bcc:, and ReplyTo: address(es).
  • Subject:
  • Confirmation of delivery (read receipt) request.
• Support for digitally signing the generated email. Recipients can be sure of the email's source and verify that it has not been altered.
• Support for creating messages in a variety of character encodings including UTF-8.
• Support for specifying the message body directly.
• Support for including files from i5/OS's Integrated File System (IFS), either as attachments or in the message body.
• MIME and S/MIME compliance.
• Double Byte Character Set ( DBCS) enabled.
• Support for i5/OS distribution lists.
• A Java free i5/OS implementation that avoids the overhead of the JavaMail api and the Java Virtual Machine.

Commands to help you trouble shoot and, optionally, automatically configure i5/OS to send mail are also included with the product.

Gumbo's products include a range of standard features that make them easy to use, easy to manage, and easy to live with:

• Extensive manual, both online as menu option 1 and in PDF (See downloads page).
• Context sensitive help for every command and parameter.
• Menu that provides organized access to the product's features.
• Products are packaged as licensed programs and participates in the full range of support provided by i5/OS. Licensed program installation, PTF management, etc. are handled with the same commands used to manage IBM^® software.
• Unlike IBM^® Licensed Programs, our products are packaged to allow multiple releases to be installed at the same time which facilitates new release testing.
• Product PTFs are available on the web.
• Our products include a hot site friendly automatic authorization function that allows you to immediately move operations to any back up or fail over machine without contacting us for a license key or authorization code.
• We include a Check Product Authorization (CHKPRDAUT) command that allows you to exercise the product's authorization algorithm and insure there are no authorization "surprises".
• An installation verification option is available on the menu. You can easily verify that the product is correctly installed.
• All (applicable) objects in our products are digitally signed allowing you to verify their integrity. Modifications that could jeopardize the security of your system are easily detected with i5/OS's Check Object Integrity (CHKOBJITG) command.
• Save files contained in product downloads and cumulative PTF packages are digitally signed allowing you to verify that what we shipped is what you received.
• Our products are upward compatible with future releases of i5/OS. You can install a new releases of i5/OS without installing a new release from us.
• Our products are compatible with all i5/OS security levels. We use only published interfaces.
• Answers to the most frequently asked general product questions.

The current release of Gumbo Mail operates on any model System i with i5/OS Version 5 Release 3 or higher. See the download page for availability for earlier releases of i5/OS.

A fully functional 30-day trial of the product is available for immediate download. Or you can fill out a Demo Request to receive it in the mail. In either case, there is no obligation. To receive an invoice, fill out an Invoice Request.

Gumbo Software, Inc. offers two choices for licensing our software products for your System i, system wide licensing and partition licensing. These are mutually exclusive. A system wide license applies to a specific System i serial number and processor group and is good for any and all partitions in the system. A partition license applies to a specific System i serial number, partition number, and maximum processing capacity, and is not valid for a system that has not been partitioned. For the overwhelming majority of our customers, a system wide license (> 98%) is the best choice. A partition license (< 2%) is the best choice in very limited circumstances involving small partitions on large machines.

The system wide license prices for all of our products, with the exception of Report Designer, are tiered based on your System i's processor group. You can determine your machine's processor group by running the i5/OS Work with License Information (WRKLICINF) command.

The partition only license prices for all of our products, with the exception of Report Designer, are based on the maximum processing capacity configured for the partition (rounded up to the nearest tenth). You can determine your partition's maximum processing capacity by running the i5/OS Start System Service Tools (STRSST) command and taking option 5 "Work with system partitions" then option 1 "Display partition information" then option 2 "Display partition processing configuration".

Additional processor group information can be found on our Processor Group page. The one time charge includes the first  year of maintenance services. You are purchasing a permanent license to use the software subject to the terms of a license agreement and upgrade policy.